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1231. Cotton MS Tiberius B I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B I
Title:
Old English Translation of Orosius, Historiae adversus paganos; Menologium; Maxims II; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, C-text
Scope & Content:
This manuscript comprises two independent portions, bound together in the 17th century, plus early modern prefatory material and medieval endleaves: f. 1r: early modern list of contents; f. 2r: Cottonian frontispiece; f. 2v: faded early modern lines; ff. 3r-111v: Old English version of Orosi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1st half 11th century-2nd half 12th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

1232. Cotton MS Cleopatra E III

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Cotton MS Cleopatra E III
Title:
Collections relating to the Church in England, volume 3, including a confirmation of the union of the Greek and Latin churches as declared at the Council of Florence, 5 July 1439 (ff. 80–81)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): English and Latin; Latin and Greek (ff. 80–81) Codex chartaceus, in folio, membranis quamplurimis insertis, constans foliis 178. "The state of the Church of Great Britain, &c. THE THIRD VOLUME:" Beginning with the reign of K. Henry VI. and ending with Henry VII. [some thing...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-1st half 17th century
Extent:
1 item

1233. Cotton MS Titus B VI

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Cotton MS Titus B VI
Title:
Records and papers concerning England’s affairs with France and with the Low Countries, some in the hand of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (d. 1598); miscellaneous material, including a catalogue of Anglo-Saxon coins (245r–248v), a drawing of a Roman inscription at Burgh near Bainbridge (Yorkshire) (251v), and tables of ciphers (252r–263r)
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 251. 1. A rough draught of a letter from the Bp. of Worcester (Ghinuce) and the Almoner, touching their negociation for the release of the two sons of the French king, then hostages at Madrid. (Lat.) [21 Jan. 1528] 1.2. A paper intitled, "Dr. Tayler's...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

1234. Cotton MS Claudius A VI

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Cotton MS Claudius A VI
Title:
Cartulary of Boxgrove Priory; Ivo of Chartres, Sermones; Epistolae; Marbod of Rennes, Epistola V; Hildebert of Lavardin, Epistola X; anonymous monk ('G') of Pontlevoy, three letters
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains two parts that were separately produced at different locations and periods of time. The first part (ff. 1-155) contains the Latin cartulary of the Benedictine priory of St Mary and St Blaise at Boxgrove in the diocese of Chichester that was written by several s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

1235. Cotton MS Titus B VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus B VIII
Title:
Miscellaneous papers, AD 729–1618 (originals and copies), including the instructions given by Queen Elizabeth I of England (1558–1603) to Henry Herbert, 2nd earl of Pembroke (d. 1601), Lord President of the council in the Marches of Wales, 1586 (1r–49v); a narrative of English naval expeditions, 1588–1603 (96r–156v: imperfect); Sir Walter Raleigh, Journal of his second voyage to Guiana, 1617–1618 (162r–175v); Richard Madox, Journal of a voyage to discover a passage to Cathay, 1582 (180r–221r)...
Scope & Content:
Language(s): English, French, Latin, and cipher; (?)the dialect of Coast Miwok Indians (191r); Javanese (191v); Middle English (323r–324r); Latin, English, Dutch, Spanish, Hebrew, Greek, Italian and French (f. 351) Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 373. 1. Instructions given by Q. El...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Coast Miwok, Dutch, English, English, Middle, French, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Javanese, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

1236. Cotton MS Julius E VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius E VII
Title:
Ælfric, Lives of Saints; Ælfric, Interrogationes Sigewulfi in Genesin; De falsis diis
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of the earliest known copies of Ælfric's Lives of the Saints, along with two other texts associated with Ælfric and four possibly anonymous saints' lives (Euphrosyne, Eustace, Mary of Egypt, and the Seven Sleepers). All of these texts were apparently intended as a si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st third of the 11th century
Extent:
1 parchment codex

1237. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV
Title:
Calendar, Latin-Old Cornish Glossary, 'Vita Sanctorum Wallensium'; excerpts from Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, Gilbert Crispin, De spiritu sancto, and an Altercatio inter Urbanum et Clementem; Letter-book of Archbishop Wulfstan
Scope & Content:
This is a composite manuscript, containing texts made between the early 11th and late 12th century. These include: ff. 1-105: a calendar, Latin-Old Cornish glossary, documents pertaining to Wales, and lives of Welsh saints ('Vita Sanctorum Wallensium'), which was copied in the 2nd half of 12th ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cornish, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of 11th century-2nd half 12th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

1238. Cotton MS Domitian A VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A VIII
Title:
Libellus de primo Saxonum aduentu; Letter of Pope Paschal II; Concordat of Worms; Planctus of Oedipus; Hildebert of Le Mans, De sancta Trinitate; Chronicle from Noah to Louis the Pious; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, F-text; Robert de Torigni, Chronicle, AD 1153–1179 (imperfect); Quadripartitus (imperfect); Henry of Huntingdon, De contemptu mundi (Historia Anglorum, book viii), Coronation charter of King Henry I of England (imperfect); List of Welsh cantrefi, Aelred of Rievaulx, Genealogia regum Angl...
Scope & Content:
This codex contains: f. 1*: an early modern list of contents; between f. 1* and f. 2r there are two blank folios; ff. 2r-15v: Libellus de primo Saxonum aduentu, letter of Pope Paschal II, Concordat of Worms; Planctus of Oedipus; Hildebert of Le Mans, De sancta Trinitate, followed by two blank ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, English, Old, English., and Welsh
Date Range:
4th quarter 11th century-1st half 17th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

1239. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI
Title:
The Hagnaby Chronicle; The pedigree of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, Marguerite de Baux and Louis de Luxembourg, Comte de Saint-Pol; The Dover Chronicle; Vita Abbatum Croylandiae; a fragment of a rental; Aelred of Rievaulx, Vita S. Edwardi Regis et Confessoris, De Genealogia Regum Anglorum; a Franciscan chronicle; a verse chronicle; a theological treatise concerning vices and virtues
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-61v: The Hagnaby Chronicle. ff. 62r-71v: The pedigree of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol (b.1390, d. 1433), Marguerite de Baux (b. 1394, d. 1469), and Louis de Luxembourg, Comte de Saint-Pol (b. 1418, d. 1475). ff. 72r-79r: The Dover Chronicle. ff. 80r-82v: Vitae Ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century-2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

1240. Cotton MS Vespasian E III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian E III
Title:
Annals of Burton Abbey; an account of the Council of Oxford of 1222; St Cyprian, Confessio; Pseudo-Basil, Admonitio ad Filium Spiritualem; Isidore of Seville, Synonyma; Pseudo-Methodius, De Initio et Fine Saeculi; Alexander of Stainsby, Constitutiones; Honorius Augustodunensis, Imago Mundi; Invectivum Contra Regem Iohannem; Reginald of Canterbury, Vita Sancti Malchi
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is made out of six parts that were produced separately in England. The first part (ff. 4-102) was produced at Burton Abbey in the early 13th century and contains the Annals of Burton Abbey. The second part (ff. 103-108) is an account of the Council of Oxford of 1222. Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
10th century-2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

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